465 [The Spring of the Nineteenth Year of Zhengde]
Wang Yuan spent the entire eighteenth year of Zhengde in Liaonan.
In March, Xia Chan gave birth to a son. Because he was born in the prison city of Yongning where horses were raised, he named him Wang Qi.
Well, it's a son again. Wang Yuan almost cried. He really wants a daughter now.
In July, Xiangxiang gave birth to a son, named Wang Ji.
Still a son!
As for the general examination and the palace examination in the 18th year of Zhengde, Wang Yuan did not go back to participate. Because he was the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. When he returned, he could only preside over it, but could not take charge of the examination and mark the papers. The official of the Ministry of Rites was responsible for organizing the examination. To avoid suspicion, he was not allowed to be an examiner and mark the papers.
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Disciple Wang Chong passed the exam and was at the bottom of the third list. However, he did well in the exam and successfully became a scholar. He is currently studying in the Hanlin Academy.
This year's number one scholar is named Yao Lai, and his father is Yao Rong, the right deputy imperial envoy to the capital and governor of Yansui. Last winter, the right-wing Mongolian deputy khan Ji Nang invaded the south. As a civilian governor, Yao Rong led the generals to take the initiative and attack at night, killing them.
Two right-wing Mongolian generals. Now, Yao Rong has been promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Works. He was thrown into the Ministry of Works by Yang Tinghe purely for convenience. Anyway, the Ministry of Works was already controlled by Wang Yuan.
Although Yao Rong was not a member of Yang Ting and his party, his son, the number one scholar, hung out with Yang Shen.
There was no way, Yao Lai was proficient in classics, history and poetry, and was another great talent in the world, so he naturally had the same aspirations as Yang Shen. In history, he even followed Yang Shen to the Weeping Gate, and was severely spanked by Emperor Jiajing.
This year's second place winner is Wang Jiao, a disciple of the physics school and a nerd who engages in theoretical research.
This guy likes to study astronomy. After studying hard every night, he observes the stars and sleeps until half the morning of the next day.
This year’s second place...is Xu Jie!
What should I say about Xu Jie? He is considered a peripheral member of Yangming's Xinxue. He did not join Wang Yangming's disciples, but he interacted with Xinxue disciples all day long and consulted many views on Xinxue. At present, he seems to be planning to attach himself to Wang Yuan. After all, Wang
Yuan was also a disciple of Xin Xue, and Xu Jie was more sympathetic to Xin Xue thought.
By the way, Yan Song and Wang Yangming are also old acquaintances.
When Wang Yangming left Longchangyi, he went to Luling County, Jiangxi Province. Yan Song happened to be a filial piety to Ding You, so he went to visit him and had a pleasant chat with Wang Yangming. Uncle Wang felt that Yan Song was a promising young man who would definitely be able to help the country in the future.
By the way, did Xu Jie also suffer setbacks, so he became so forbearing?
Historically, he was a first-ranked scholar, waiting to achieve great success in the Hanlin Academy. Because he offended Zhang Cong, he was actually demoted to be an official, and was knocked down from the sky in an instant.
Zhang Cong often did this kind of thing. He only became an official at a young age, so he felt that young people did not know how high the sky was. Yang Tinghe only threw Wang Yuan's disciples from common people to local magistrates, which was criticized by the Qingliu in the court.
And Zhang Cong directly threw all the sage soldiers to various ministries or places!
Zhang Cong's idea was that it would be useless for these concubines to stay in the Hanlin Academy, and they would only become angry youths as officials in science and education, so they might as well be sent to various ministries or localities for training.
It's a good idea, but it breaks the rules and makes it difficult for the parties involved to accept it.
The reason why Xu Jie offended Zhang Cong was even more ridiculous.
Zhang Cong actually went to Shu Jiajing and asked to remove Confucius' royal title and lower the standards of Confucius' sacrifice. This simply stirred up a hornet's nest, but those Qingliu did not dare to object, and only Xu Jie, a stupid young man, jumped out.
Yan Song and Xu Jie were both passionate young men when they were young.
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In the spring of the 19th year of Zhengde, when the Ming Dynasty's navigation team went south to search for Magellan's route, Wang Yuan also left Liaonan with his concubines and children.
Southern Liaoning has gradually restored 150,000 acres of pasture. Most of the military households who farmed these lands have been converted into horse households and have been allocated the fertile land taken back from the military officers. They are now under the management of the civil affairs officers, and the military attaches want to seize the land again.
We still have to wait for natural disasters, otherwise we will definitely anger Wang Yuan by resorting to strong measures.
The number of horses raised in Yuanma Temple in Liaodong has reached more than 6,000. In addition to the foals, there are also horse breeds purchased sporadically from Mongolia and Jurchens. As for the Arabian horses, they bought one
Hundreds of horses were transported by sea to Liaodong, but only about forty horses died.
At the same time, corn, sweet potatoes and peanuts have been promoted in Gaizhou Wei, and some land in Fuzhou is also being planted. It is estimated that in a few years, they will be promoted to the entire southern Liaoning and radiate to the entire eastern Liaoning region.
Military households and civilian households in southern Liaoning are not very interested in sweet potatoes, but they like corn very much, and they usually call it "Governor's Rice".
Wang Yuan and Ling Xiang made improvements to the official horse-raising system.
Official horse breeding is declining day by day. The main reason is not that military attachés invaded pastures, but that horse-raising military households fled in large numbers. This thing belongs to the big pot, so naturally some people are diligent and some are lazy, and in the end they all become lazy. After the death of the horse, the whole body is responsible for the compensation.
, it all depends on the official’s face as to who will accompany him. When they encountered horse plague, they lost all their money, and all the horse-raising military households fled.
Wang Yuan directly cataloged the horse households, and these horse households were directly managed by Yuanma Temple.
There are five people in the horse household who raise a trough, responsible for four adult horses and one young horse. Five Yuding are allocated to support them, which is equivalent to ten people raising five horses. However, five of the Yuding do not actually raise horses.
, they can farm or work, and they only need to pay money and fodder every month - these horse households are allocated land for free and are obliged to raise horses for the court, and they do not need to pay additional taxes or perform corvee.
Each garden has a fixed quota of horse breeds, for example, four thousand horse breeds per garden. The only tax the horse owners pay to the court is one horse every two years. If the horse breed dies, they only need to replace it with a new one.
If you breed a horse, you don't have to pay any more. If you can't replenish the horse, the compensation will be shared equally among a group of ten people. After raising a horse for ten years, it will be owned by the horse owner.
If you encounter horse plague, you must report it to the Minister of Yuan Masi Temple, and the compensation fee can be waived at the discretion.
This kind of regulation is not harsh. Horses have one litter per year, and they are allowed to turn in a foal every two years. If they are well raised and lucky, they can earn a young horse for nothing in three to five years. The young horse raised outside of the mission,
It is also allocated by the horse breeders themselves.
This kind of reform means that the responsibility lies with a group of ten people, eliminating the disadvantages of eating from a big pot, and it also allows horse farmers to have a head start.
But there must be some omissions. If they can survive for thirty years, it will be regarded as Wang Yuan and Ling Xiang's success. As for thirty years later, it still depends on the bureaucratic talent at that time. Even if Wang Yuan is still alive, he is already a very powerful minister, which is impossible.
Then he went to Liaodong in person to supervise Ma Zheng.
The system has been set, the military households in southern Liaoning are also subdued, Prime Minister Ling is even more capable, and Wang Yuan has nothing to do while staying in southern Liaoning.
Crossing the sea from Lushunkou to Tianjin Port, we arrived at the same time and the two babies were safe and sound.
Tianjin Port has become increasingly prosperous due to the cotton trade. There are about three to four thousand permanent residents in the port. This place was originally under the jurisdiction of the military attache of Tianjin Guard, but now it is managed by the Tianjin Shipping Department - the military attache of Tianjin Guard is estimated to be the most powerful military attaché in the entire Ming Dynasty.
What is safe is that there are various foreign civil affairs officials in the Acropolis, not to mention the Tianjin Port on the seaside.
When we came to the section of the river where the factory area was located, it was incredibly prosperous, and at the same time, those black chimneys also brought air pollution.
To make matters worse, the chimney was not built very high, and Wang Yuan could smell the soot even on the boat.
However, no one complained about the environment.
When locals mention those chimneys, most of them look proud, indicating that ordinary textile workers live a happy life.
Wang Yuan set a rule, a ten-hour work system, workers worked in shifts, and oil lamps were used for lighting at night. Those oil lamps were also guarded by special personnel to prevent accidental fires.
The entire factory has been steamed and transformed. The cotton production here is almost equal to that of the entire Zhejiang. The power of industrialization is too powerful.
When Wang Yuan landed and entered the factory area, he saw several white people.
When I asked the manager, he found that the price of cotton cloth in the south was too high, and these European merchants planned to get the goods directly in Tianjin.
"Which country are you from?" Wang Yuan asked.
The foreign devil answered through a translator: "Portugal, and only Portuguese merchant ships can come to the East to do business. Of course, the Ming Dynasty called Portugal Franji."
Wang Yuan asked again: "The Portuguese came all the way here, why don't they do the spice business? Even porcelain is more profitable than cotton."
The foreign devil laughed and said: "To buy and sell spices and porcelain, the journey is too long, and you may encounter various risks along the way. I am different from other businessmen. I choose to buy Chinese cotton cloth and sell it to Indians or Ottomans. Chinese cotton cloth is cheap and
The quality is high, and it is a hot commodity everywhere. Moreover, the distance of this channel is short, the risk is very small, and the profit is almost guaranteed.”
Wang Yuan asked again: "Is the Governor of India okay?"
The foreign devil said: "We have a new governor. He is very wise. He is much better than the bastard before."
Wang Yuan asked curiously: "Oh, what is the name of the new governor?"
The foreign devil said: "Vasako da Gama, he is a navigator who once crossed the Atlantic Ocean."